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rvice, but she waved him off. She walked straight

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just left, but the muscles in her shoulders f

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in Williamsburg, Brookly

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glass. Her mind drifted back to two and a ha

r had worn a rented couture gown, hovering near

g in the shadows of the second-floor balcony. He

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rror, adjusting the curl of her hair and the exact angle of he

She timed her steps to avoid the security gua

ionally let the hem of her rented dr

physical

ame perfume Giselle wore.

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name. His hand shot

ld out a glass of champagne, her voice c

lack business card with

e said. "But I can be

called her a delusional scam artis

ct number of days he had suffered from insomnia, followed by th

n service." She promised to keep him sa

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ampagne down, turned around, and walked off the b

lammed on

mory vanished. She was back on

the heavy door open. The shar

buzzed in

ncrypted email. Her private inve

ing the bankruptcy o

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ng hatred down into her gut and forced her f

pendent coffee shop called The Daily Grin

ed her lungs. She walked straight to t

bag. She unlocked it and opened her

two other names had bright green li

he names: Tristan Vanc

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